There are 2 girls for every 5 boys at baseball game. If there are 56 total in attendance. How many girls and boys are there?

girls: 16

boys: 40

Step-by-step explanation:

girls : boys

2 : 5

let the total number of people be (2+5)x.

2x + 5x = 56

7x = 56

x = 8

therefore, no. of girls = 2 x 8 = 16

no. of boys = 5 x 8 = 40

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there are many solutions.

step-by-step explanation:

step 1: simplify both sides of the equation.

4x+6=4x^2+10x−4

step 2: subtract 4x^2+10x-4 from both sides.

4x+6−(4x^2+10x−4)=4x^2+10x−4−(4x^2+10x−4)

−4x^2−6x+10=0

step 3: factor left side of equation.

−2(2x+5)(x−1)=0

step 4: set factors equal to 0.

x=-5/2 or x=1

17

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